Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis: skin lesion
- JR Baker
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This is a low power view of a skin section from a Leishmania tropica infection. There is hyperkeratosis (increased thickness of keratin) and the epidermis is evenly thickened. There is a perivascular chronic inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis. H&E stain.